According to the Forbes the Microsoft is investing $17.5 billion to build cloud computing and AI infrastructure in India over the next four years, its most significant investment there to date and its largest in Asia.
The U.S. tech company announced its intention on Tuesday, following a meeting between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The investment follows Microsoft’s $3 billion commitment made earlier this year.
The company said its prioritized investments include completing the India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad, which is set to go live by mid-2026. The region will be Microsoft’s largest hyperscale region in India, according to a statement released on Tuesday.
“To help realize India’s ambitious goal, Microsoft will bring to the table more than $17.5 billion in investment in building physical and institutional infrastructure,” Nadella said on the global social media platform X separately.
Microsoft, which has over 22,000 employees in India, said it will continue expanding its three existing data center regions in Chennai, Hyderabad, and Pune. It plans to train AI skills for 20 million Indians by 2030. The company has trained 5.6 million people since January 2025.
India is quickly emerging as one of the hottest data center markets in Asia. Earlier this month, Tata Consultancy Services and the private equity giant TPG unveiled a $2 billion plan to build gigawatt-scale data centers.
In October, tycoon Gautam Adani’s Adani Enterprises and Google announced a $15 billion project to build a gigawatt-scale hub in Andhra Pradesh. And then, in August, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio struck AI partnerships with Meta and Google and unveiled its own gigawatt-scale facility in Gujarat.
